Surah Abasa - English Translation by Farook Malik
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He (the Prophet) frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
when there came to him the blind man (Ibn Umme Maktum, who came to the Prophet and interrupted his conversation with the chiefs of Mecca)
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
How could you tell? He might have sought to purify himself
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or become reminded and might have benefited from Our reminder
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
As for him who is indifferent
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
to whom you were attending
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
you will not be held responsible if he would not purify himself
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Yet to him who came to you with zeal on his own
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
and with fear of Allah in his heart
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
you gave no heed
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
It should not be so! Indeed, this is but an admonition
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
let him who wants, accept it
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
It is written in scrolls, which are honored
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
exalted, purified
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
and which remain in the hands of scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
who are noble and virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
Woe to man! What a disbeliever he is
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Out of what Allah has created him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Out of a semen-drop! Allah created him and then fashioned him in due proportion
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
then makes his way of life smooth for him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
then causes him to die and stows him in a grave
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then He will surely bring him back to life when He pleases
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
By no means has he fulfilled the duty that Allah had assigned him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Let man reflect on the food he eats
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
How We pour down rainwater in abundance
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
and cleave the soil asunder
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
How We bring forth grain
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
grapes and nutritious vegetation
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
olives and dates
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
lush gardens
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
fruits and fodder
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
as a means of sustenance for you and your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
Finally when there come the deafening blast
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
on that Day each man shall flee from his own brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
his mother and his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
his wife and his children
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For each one of them, on that Day, shall have enough concern of his own to make him indifferent to the others
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
Some faces on that Day shall be shining
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
smiling and joyful
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And some faces on that Day shall be dusty
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
and veiled with darkness
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
These shall be the faces of the disbelieving wicked
Surah Abasa, Verse 42